Are the newest cloned mouses, robots?

My mouse contracted rabies a few weeks ago, and as any reasonable person would do, I went off to CompUSA and purchased a cordless mouse and cordless keyboard. Da one that is sold together as a set. "Logtech" brand in case you're curious.

Well, I discovered something about the new rodent this day in the startrek log. With my arms folded across me chest, with the cordless mouse against my ribcage or stuck under my armpit, I can still navigate abouts on whatever page is currently displayed on the computer screen by using the mouse's up and down buttons as well as the scroll wheel in the usual way, even though, the mouse's infrared beam is directed at a 90 to 180 degrees offset to the deskbound receiver's cradle seated near the computer monitor. Terrific mouse dis one. Almost like one John Kerry reporting for duty.

I still have to rest the mouse on my leg to be in fuller control of the cursor arrow when I need to click a button on the computer screen with the mouse's left button. But still it's so much easier if not a little fascinating to have this unbeknownst to me option at my disposal. Now is this already an old trick that everyone else on the island stumbled upon, or am I more apt at obedience training than the average person for computer peripherals? Yeah, I know you could work the TV remote this way, but it remained non-obvious to me to apply it to the computer. One note of caution though: the red light on the topside of the cordless mouse which indicates a low battery charge seems to stay red, even after the mouse has been charged for a longer than usual re-charge period. I'm uncertain if this different method of using the mouse saps its batteries below the point of making a full recovery.

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LOL! We're still primitive over here at our house. We've still got the WIRE. lol! But gee, that sounds reeeally convenient, especially in this house when I've either got a kid or a dog in my lap at all times.

Eh,you are one funny guy!As for your writing skills and topics...you betta than the grandpa of BLOGS!(my first comment was rejected cause I had his name...it was considered malicious posting) heh heh Keep posting, people like me are taking notes and learning from your expertise.

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